QtCAM
See3CAM_CU40 User Manual
11-Nov-15
www.e-consystems.com
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2 Introduction
The See3CAM_CU40 is a 4 Mega pixel, color, UVC Compliant, USB3.0 Super Speed
camera from e-con Systems, a leading embedded Product Design Services Company
which specializes in advanced camera solutions. The See3CAM_CU40 is the latest
member of the See3CAM family of USB3.0 Super Speed camera products launched by e-
con.
The See3CAM_CU40 is a 4 MP color camera with S-mount (also known as M12 board
lens) lens holder. The S-mount is one of the most commonly used small form-factor lens
mounts for board cameras.
The See3CAM_CU40 is a two-board solution containing the camera sensor module board
with OV4682 CMOS sensor from Omni Vision and the USB3.0 interface board. The
See3CAM_CU40 is also backward compatible with the USB2.0 High Speed interface,
albeit at lower frame rates.
The See3CAM_CU40 is UVC-compliant camera and it does not require any drivers to be
installed on the PC. The native UVC drivers of Windows and Linux Operating Systems
shall be compatible with this camera. e-con also provides a sample application that
demonstrates some of the features of this camera. However, this camera can be utilized by
any webcam supporting application such as Skype etc.
3 Scope
e-con provides a sample V4L2 application, called
QtCAM,
along with See3CAM_CU40
camera.
QtCAM
is V4L2 video viewer and capture software for the Linux UVC driver,
but is also customized to demonstrate some of the features of See3CAM_CU40.
This document describes about the usage of the
QtCAM
application on Ubuntu [>=12.04
(LTS)] 32- and 64-bit Linux operating systems. This document also describes about the
special features of
QtCAM
camera application when it is used with See3CAM_CU40.
4 Product Description
The See3CAM_CU40 is a USB 3.0 color camera capable of streaming in the following
resolutions with specified frame rates. It currently supports color format
Y16
.
USB mode
Resolution
Frame rates at Y16
format
USB 3.0
672 x 380
1280 x 720
1920 x 1080
2688 x 1520
300
90
40
14
USB 2.0
672 x 380
1280 x 720
1920 x 1080
2688 x 1520
64
17
9
4
The See3CAM_CU40 has two major camera controls:
